Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2025

In this episode of Hospice News Elevate, Senior Reporter Holly Vossel speaks with Chloe Bishop, a bereavement and social work supervisor at Frederick Health Hospice (FHH). The post Elevate Podcast: Chloe Bishop, Bereavement & Social Work Supervisor, Frederick Health Hospice appeared first on Hospice News.

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Hospice News

MAY 2, 2025

In addition to visiting patients and families, the pet therapy program is also featured in the hospices summer bereavement program for children, Camp Forget-Me-Not. Alive Hospice also uses therapy dogs in its monthly support program for bereaved families, PAWS for Grief.

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Hospice News

JUNE 29, 2023

Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 10, 2025

More professionals from a wider range of interfaith groups are entering the field, according to Shana Sullivan, bereavement coordinator of Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice. We need chaplains trained in hospice and palliative care philosophy who know tons about medical ethics, goals of care and complex bereavement.

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Hospice News

MARCH 4, 2023

Technology firms Empathy and Sharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) have partnered to expand the benefits that companies can offer to bereaved employees. Through this partnership, employees will be able to access Empathy’s bereavement support services through ShareCare’s home home-oriented product, CareLinx.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Weighing the staffing, patient needs The new pediatric center will include features such as a sensory therapeutic playroom, a family gathering and events area, a child life specialist center and creative arts room, a music therapy room, a bereavement counseling space, a chapel, meeting rooms and a family office center.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Chapters’ four new affiliates offer a range of services, including hospice, palliative care, supportive services, pediatrics, bereavement care and residential care, among others. The MSO program is oriented around hospices, whereas CareNu is designed for those who provide upstream services. It’s a pretty diverse portfolio.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Our bereavement support team provides critical emotional and psychological assistance to families, caregivers, and loved ones, ensuring they are not alone in The post Beyond the Bedside: The Unseen Impact of Hospice Bereavement Care appeared first on Abode Hospice & Home Health.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

Croix offers advance care planning support, bereavement services and a North Star program for dementia symptom management. Croix Hospice has widened its geographic footprint across 10 Midwestern states. The hospice provider is a portfolio company of the private equity firm H.I.G. In addition to hospice, St.

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Hospice News

APRIL 29, 2025

Established in 1978, the nonprofit provides hospice, bereavement and palliative care across 38 counties in North and South Carolina. Hospices should carefully consider their overall mission and goals when crafting service diversification strategies, according to Dean Forman, vice president and chief strategy officer at VIA Health Partners.

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Hospice News

MAY 5, 2025

The nonprofits Full Life Care model includes hospice, home health care, palliative care, bereavement, adult day and primary care services, advance care planning, HIV and sexual health services, and pharmacy and medical equipment assistance. The organization provides care to more than 81,000 patients annually.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

MARCH 10, 2025

Our bereavement support team provides critical emotional and psychological assistance to families, caregivers, and loved ones, ensuring they are not alone in The post Beyond the Bedside: The Unseen Impact of Hospice Bereavement Care appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2025

We continue to grow because we have proven time and time again that we can manage patients with complex care needs and support families through challenging circumstances, including bereavement. VITAS average daily census reached 22,336 in the first quarter of 2025.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The organizations announced their intent to affiliate last October, with leadership citing a shared goal to provide sustainable hospice, palliative care and bereavement services to communities across their combined geographic Florida footprint. The nonprofit provides hospice, palliative care and bereavement services.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 9, 2025

VITAS will also offer veteran services, respiratory therapy and bereavement care, among other services that address their physical, spiritual and psychosocial needs. In addition to hospice care, the organization also offers bereavement support and a veterans program. Fremont Home Health and Hospice Weighs Closure John C.

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Hospice News

APRIL 18, 2025

The hospice offers adult and pediatric care care, bereavement, veterans services and Programs of ALL-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), among other services. People need answers, and having somebody available on the phone provides that caregiver support.

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Hospice News

MARCH 7, 2025

Our services will include the standard hospice functions such as individual bereavement care and volunteer-based therapy, but we also have grief support groups. We’re using that acronym to guide how we approach the scope of care that we’ll be providing.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The nonprofit offers hospice, respite services, spiritual and bereavement support, as well as assistance with housekeeping, medical equipment and other supplies. HGA is very fortunate to have Jame on our team Established in 1987, Hospice of Gladwin Area provides services at no cost to patients and their caregivers.

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Adobe Hospice & Home Health

APRIL 5, 2022

April Is Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month By Jacquelyn Buffo, MS, LPC, CAADC Losing a loved one to a terminal illness is one of the most painful experiences you can go through. The loss of a spouse or partner is traumatic for many people, and the grief journey can feel overwhelming, confusing, and painful.

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Hospice News

MARCH 3, 2025

The hospice provider offers a dementia program, sleep assistance services, durable medical equipment and bereavement care, among other services. Bristol is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Webster Equity Partners.

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Hospice News

MAY 12, 2025

The company provides hospice, palliative care and bereavement in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The hospice provider will offer bereavement services at the new 3,000 square-foot center, located nearby its headquarters in Baytown, Texas.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2025

The hospice provider also offers a veterans program, bereavement services and specialized care programs. Established in 1980, the nonprofit operates two general inpatient hospice units, as well as a Center for Palliative Care. All of CHCs nurses are trained in pediatric palliative care delivery.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

DayNew, a new tech platform launching today, aims to help individuals and families navigate the aftermath of a catastrophic loss, including bereavement. Through the app, the traumatized or bereaved receive a customized set of resources and services designed to help guide them through healing and grief, according to DayNew.

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Hospice News

APRIL 13, 2023

Right now, all of our bereavement support groups are in English only,” Wild told local news. ““We Children represent another underserved population on the hospice’s radar, including bereavement support. We are working with St. Luke’s Community Health to hold a Spanish-speaking group through a translator.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 22, 2025

In addition to hospice, Agrace offers adult day services, bereavement care, dementia support and an Age at Home program, which provides nonmedical personal care services. Established in 1978 as HospiceCare Inc., the nonprofit rebranded in 2011 with a goal of being more distinctive across its service lines.

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Hospice News

MAY 28, 2024

The hospice provider also offers palliative care, veteran and bereavement services, and durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies. “We Stoneridge Hospice provides home-based hospice and also contracts with other providers to offer facility-based services. We are starting a palliative care program in the state of Arizona.

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Changing Lives Podcast

APRIL 22, 2022

Hope, Love, and Loss: Creating Your Pathway to Healing - a workshop for those who are grieving will be held on May 26 via Zoom. Register in advance. Event is free.

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AT Home Care & Hospice

APRIL 6, 2022

April Is Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month By Jacquelyn Buffo, MS, LPC, CAADC Losing a loved one to a terminal illness is one of the most painful experiences you can go through. The post Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month appeared first on AT Home Care & Hospice. However, each person.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 5, 2025

Respite care offers temporary inpatient care (up to five days at a time) to provide a break for the primary caregiver Each level of hospice care may include a variety of items and services to care for the patient.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2023

The hospice in 2021 cared for more than 3,800 hospice patients as well as more than 2,095 on palliative care and close to 500 in bereavement. Services available at the updated facility include end-of-life, palliative and bereavement care. Picking up the nonprofit assets made the organization one of the largest providers in the region.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The hospice also offers a summer grief program for bereaved children, Wing Camp, which launched in 2000. The hospice also provides outpatient mental health counseling services and bereavement support, including its youth grief program, Camp Wokini. Whitley joined the organization 29 years ago as a visiting nurse. “I

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Its most recent de novo features a wraparound porch and meeting spaces for community events and bereaved families. The locally-owned and operated organization’s services include hospice, bereavement care, medication management and assistance with durable medical equipment.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2024

Services provided through the program include consultation for pain and symptom management, nursing services, mental health counseling, family support and bereavement care. “As

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Hospice News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Empath Health offers hospice, home health, palliative care, bereavement support, adult day services, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) programs, and primary, elderly and geriatric care. The nonprofit organization has grown into one of the largest hospice providers in the nation.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Hand to Hold, a nonprofit, provides emotional and social support to families with seriously and terminally ill children during and after a NICU hospital stay, including education, community-based pediatric services and bereavement support.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Through an affiliation, our organizations will have the opportunity to achieve a shared goal to provide sustainable palliative and hospice care along with bereavement services for patients and families in the communities that we serve,” said St. Francis Reflections CEO Joseph Killian, in a statement. “By By joining forces, St.

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Hospice News

JULY 18, 2023

Affiliating our two organizations is a step forward in achieving a shared ambition of sustainable palliative and end-of-life care and bereavement services, for patients and families in the communities that we serve,” Hospice & Community Care President and CEO Steve Knaub said in a statement.

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